A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY COMMODE
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY COMMODE

BY FRANCOIS RUBESTUCK, CIRCA 1765

Closed1 November 2018

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY COMMODE
BY FRANCOIS RUBESTUCK, CIRCA 1765
With a later white and grey veined marble top, above sans traverse floral marquetry, the sides with floral spray marquetry panels,stamped F. RUBESTUCK and JME to top back upright, the later locks stamped FICHET A PARIS
33 in. (84 cm.) high, 35 ½ in. ( 90.5 cm.) wide, 17 ¼ in. (43.5 cm.) deep

Acquired from Etienne Levy, Paris, in 1968.

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François Rübestück, maître in 1766.

François Rübestück was born in Westphalia and emigrated to Paris, establishing his workshop in the rue de la Roquette before transferring to the rue de Charenton. Rübestück is known to have worked in a variety of styles and produced a prolific amount of high quality furniture. He is most well-known for his lacquer chinoiserie-decorated furniture, but also produced a group of small, elegant floral marquetry commodes inspired by those made by Jean-François Oeben, who developed and perfected this technique.